I Forced My Dad to Listen to ANIMAL COLLECTIVE 

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I remember exposing my grandpa to a bunch of out there music in the car when I'd go over to visit and usually he'd be very open to a lot of the stuff I'd play. One time I had Sung Tongs going and halfway through Whaddit I Done he sighed and quickly turned the car stereo off and was silent the rest of the way home. Only other song to piss him off like that was Oxygen by Swans. Bless his heart.

#1 is actually my favorite song on Strawberry Jam. It's just beautiful.

Do "I Forced My Dad to Listen to SWANS" next. I'm sure he'll love it.

Great...now make him listen to the early stuff

I'd love to hear his reaction to What Would I Want Sky. Probably the most dad friendly anco track

Your dad had the PRIVILEGE to listen to Animal Collective! Now have him listen to Person Pitch by Panda Bear!

The irony is that if your dad was even older, he would have probably appreciated this album more for its psychedelic weirdness. Most of the music Animal Collective were influenced by was 60’s and 70’s experimental psychedelic rock. Syd Barrett’s influence is all over this album, but your dad doesn’t strike me as the type of guy who knew any Pink Floyd before “Dark Side of the Moon”.

"i only want the time to do one things that I like, I want to get so stoned and take a walk out in the light drizzle" I sang that one so many times when I first heard it. "Out tears are frozen diamonds so we smile when we're crying" This band understands the sweet struggle and bitter ecstasy of being alive. This music gets closest to the heart of the human condition out of anything I've ever heard. "Kinda Bonkers" and "Floridada" feel like a campfire song with the entire world together. Much love to you, your father, and anyone else listening to AnCo!

awesoe video kyle. im currently in an Animal Collective obsession so this was a treat to see, also cool to know they're your favorite band of all time! would love to see a holinndagain reaction

from what i recall from the time, Reverend Green was a nickname of one of their team/friends that operated their lighting and sold merch at the booth. they also had a tumblr where they posted candid tour photos; eventually had to become password protected as members of the collected animals board would pilfer it. if anyone that was actually around at the time can help, feel free to post.

Cuckoo Cuckoo is about the miscarriage that Avey Tare wife had, it is such a heavy, sad and desperate song, kinda reminds me of stuff of their debut like Penny Dreadfuls or Alvin Row. This is my favorite on the album, Im fascinated by it

Is Kyles Dad actually enjoying the music or is he just patient? Big question

Reverend Green is I think a reference to a minor character in “Blood Meridian”, a novel by Cormac McCarthy. He appears in the first chapter and one of the major characters accuses him of molesting a child iirc and the public starts to chase after him. Afterwards, when people ask him how he knew Reverend Green and what he had done, he just says I dunno I never say the guy in my life. I don’t believe the connection means anything since I don’t see what the correlation is, I think it’s just a reference to the novel.

the glow pt2 by the microphones. i think he might like it. would love to see it

I'm probably around your dad's age (born in 1971) and AC is the band that stood out when I forced myself through a bath of music of the current millennium. Why did I need to do that? Because many of my generation think that pop/rock music ceased to be interesting after 2000, turning into the bland R&B or autotuned rap that reigns supreme these days. At some point I thought, hang on, there must be something (to be fair, I had already sorted out a few names, like Janelle Monae). I browsed through the Pitchfork and NME catalogs and came across this band. Now they're among my favorite bands of all time, well up there with the great innovators of the late 60s and early 70s (which I think is the greatest era of modern music). One funny moment in this video is when your dad is upset with the suggestion that old people can't stand loud music. If anything, music is too mellow these days, not too loud! Your dad being your dad and you being a big fan of AC, I reckon he will love it too after a while. This is not instantly likeable music. Especially the earlier albums take a few turns before they grow on you. He seemed to like some of it but it's hard to really get into something when you're being force fed by a fan. Anyway, great video and send this geezer's greetings to your dad!

yeah.. he would love Danse Manatee

One of the best albums of all time. I wish I got to share it with my dad like you did. Very cool to see you grooving out on it even thought you've probably listened a bunch.

My dad loves panda bear. It makes me happy.

Just stumbled upon this and really enjoyed it! Your dad's banter was cracking me up 🤣

So wholesome! Your dad seems awesome and exactly the right amount of grumpy

Would love to hear what your dad thinks about more recent stuff like Painting With or Tomboy or Cows On Hourglass Pond or PB Meets the Grim Reaper, or Time Skiffs or Reset. Keep up the great work!

Thats a natural and very close relation with a father. My god, you're so lucky

Feels if he wants something more dreamy, MPP if he wants something more electronic and Sung Tongs if he wants something more acoustic. Even though Spirits is great, it might be too experimental. for now.

you gotta show him spirit theyve gone it would be really funny

5:52 pretty sure that's just two guitars after watching videos of them playing it live recently. Deakin even messed up playing guitar at one point and the "synth" sound messed up. Avey plays that sharp cheddar sound and Deakin plays that little melodic part. Edit: 8:47 what?! I used to feel that way when I was younger but after reading the lyrics and hearing it live it's one of my favorites from the album. The song is apparently about not wanting to grow up too fast so your dad probably hit the nail on the head with this being meant for Noah's child. 14:19 Derek was Noah's dog as the song says "had a white and black little sheltie"

Always happy to see AnCo get some love, awesome video!

Its not my favorite album of theirs but I think your dad has to hear Merriweather Post Pavilion to get the full Animal Collective experience. He might like it a bit more than this one I think, great video keep it up man.

This was the best thing I watched on youtube all day :D You guys really should have 100k views

This is great. Dad's a funny guy and he really seemed to get Animal Collective.

I'm surprised by how much he enjoyed this tbh. I love this album, but it is freaking bizarre and had to grow on me for a while

This was great fun! One of my favourite albums! Would love to hear ur Da's thoughts on Feels, Sung Tongs, or MPP Love your channel in general Kyle! Your Dad and you have a great on-camera rapport. Keep it up both of you! Love these vids.

these reaction videos are very fun and your editing is creative :)

Great video kyle! Keep up the good work

You and your dad nailed it with this one, Kyle! Sent the link to my daughter to see what she and Dave think.

You should show your dad The Glow Part 2 💀

"There is no such thing as an innocent snowman." There is no wonder how you came out as well as you did growing up with a father sharing with you wisdom like that.

Fun video, I think maybe showing him Feels next would be interesting

as someone who also knows all the very random lyrics to most of their songs, i loved watching you lip sync and bob your head along 😩😩

AnCo is also my favorite band! Love the reactions You should have him react to more AnCo

Love it haha :D For things to listen to next... I think as far as albums go, Feels or Sung Tongs would probably be a very good choice to showcase what else they're capable of. However, I'd like to throw Fall Be Kind into the ringer. I think that might go over surprisingly well, especially What Would I Want? Sky (+ the Grateful Dead sample story).

Have him listen to the golden child Merriweather Post Pavilion to see what he thinks of their more popular music.

Kyle: this is my favorite band of all time Car seat headrest: am I a joke to you

This was hilarious. The proper version of pullhair rubeye or prospect hummer would be a great watch Also, best lyric on this album was definitely cuckoo cuckoo: "my tears quench five feet of lawn, I just creep, I cannot yawn and people gonna come and people gonna cry, he just woke and dreamt and ate and died"

MPP Feels Time Skiffs Sung Tungs Spirit

It's gotta be MPP man....I mean it's the album that changed Indie music...imo of course. Love these videos. Love a lot of these bands you're reviewing. Big AnCo fan. Big Black Midi fan. Love Bjork and Radiohead too.

Glad this one was reacted to... better than MPP IMO

Tbh your dad has this Nick Di Paulo energy to him, funny guy!

Feels please! It's definitely one of their rockiest albums

great vid!! can u make ur dad listen to hyperpop next

You should show him Merriweather post Pavilion and person pitch. I feel your dad would like panda bears vocals a little more than Avery's.

I think MPP would be the best for the next-though I’d love to see Sung Tongs, Spirit, & Feels eventually

mr reid with the drip 🥶

The people dancing doing chores 😂

since you showed him a high energy anco album, my vote is for something on the low energy side next. campfire songs would be amazing.

yooooo your dad has an Arc'teryx piece on!

Perfect album to get his opinion on. This was super cool!

Honestly the song you said was your least favorite was easily my favorite, followed closely by fireworks lol I've never been very into animal collective, probably because I'm not very fun lol/it always sounded cheesy to me, but listening to it "with other people" is helping me like it more, thanks for posting

Show your dad Sung Tongs. I would love to see his thoughts on that

My favourite band of all time too, please do meri post pav next

Gotta do merriweather and feels! I think dad would vibe with those albums!

Merrifather Pops PA-villion

I would be interested to see ur dad reacting to the hotelier. interested in his opinion on emo revival lol

I'd be very curious to see your dad's reaction to merzbow, who knows it might be his thing

Would be swell if there were a reaction to Fishmans 19.12.28 with your dad!

Now he must hear the Tongs

You need to show your papa some Sufjan Stevens!

dad wearin da arcteryx

I'm pretty sure Animal Collective was already dad music.

you should make your dad listen to avalanches :)

Never touched a substance in my life, even quit caffeine 20 years ago. Also Animal Collective changed my life.

I think he would like them live, sound more like yes, king crimson live.

Fall Be Kind!!

Peacebone scared the hell out of me when I first heard it.

#1 Is by far one of the best tracks

omg you should make him listen to machine girl

Do Time Skiffs with you Dad, since it's kind of Dad Rocky

I would never have someone start on strawberry jam, but since he likes it i GOTTA know what he thinks of sung tongz especially since it's probably way weirder

Has to be Sung Tongs for the next AC album, no doubt

This is so dadcore

Sung Tongs PLEASE

Never too old to like AC. I'm 46 and their one of my favorite bands .

Great vid. I remembered the first time I heard this band. My mom hated this band!!!!!! She still does. A/C is literally one of the reasons I'm accepting of people and life

u should definitely show him time skiffs, it is way more dad core lmao

Strawberry Jam is my favourite album of all time

I loved taking too much pot and listening to this album Do Feels next.

These are great! Love from Sweden!

my dad was a fan of Leaf House back in the day

You should actually make him listen to sufjan stevens. Make him listen to like age of adz, Illinois, or Carrie & Lowel

#1 is beyond underrated

he might like time skiffs cause its kinda dad rock sung tongs or merriweather post pavillion would be good too

My Mom really likes animal collective

Make him listen to Alex G lol

As much as I'd like Spirit, I feel like Merriweather is probably gonna be a better reaction

he got that arcteryx on tho

Also Reverend Green is AL GREEN

Are you into of Montreal at all? They are one of my favs along with AnCo.

Spirit We’ve Vanished

Have him listen to Painting With or Feels!

Make him listen yo king gizzard